Friday, June 29, 2007

"Cornelia awoke with a great zeal for work upon her. She had dreamed a living room that would lift the whole house out of the sordid neighborhood and make it a place of delight. She had thought out some built-in seats with lockers where many of the odds and ends could be stowed; she had planned to paint the old, cheap dining-room furniture a wonderful deep-cream enamel and decorate it like some of the expensive sets in the stores . . .The set in her mother's room she would paint gray with decorations of little pink buds and trailing vines. The set in her own room should be ivory-white with sepia shadows . . . and little by little the old house should be made over."

5 comments:

I've done the same thing tonight--but at 2 a.m., which is why I'm still up at 3, after having cleaned the kitchen, planned a new embroidery project, and mentally redecorated one of the children's rooms. Sometimes I just wish I could sleep! :)

I love 'Re-Creations'! It is so inspiring! I have often thought of that passage as I re-purposed some odd piece of furniture or painted something into new life! I wish I could wake up every day with a zest for work!

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Photography is an important part of life at my house. Photos that appear here are taken by Giles, by the Composer, and by me. Giles is a real, paid photographer, and he uses a Sony Alpha. Most of the photography prior to September 2008 is his. Since then I have done most of the shooting and I use a Konica Minolta. Additionally, the Composer offers me nice shots on occasion, often from his little Canon point and shoot. I've given up trying to note who's done what. Thanks for your interest!